Five longliners are on their way from France to Mozambique to begin tuna fishing operations in the Indian Ocean. The vessels have...
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Thailand Processors Experience Dramatic Drop In US Shipments
It seems the days of big export growth for Thailand to the US are long gone, and this year’s volumes are likely to fall even further from recent lows. As US imports of canned tuna are on the...
FREE Unique African Tuna Port Tour
A unique opportunity has been offered to attendees of the first African Tuna Conference. The Cote d’Ivoire Government has pulled out all the stops and is inviting conference goers for a free...
EPO Skipjack Catch Dives Even Before Ban
As the EPO 60 day fishing ban fast approaches, fleets in the region will have been keen to catch sufficient volumes in the first chunk of the year. While vessels can boast a seven percent rise...
TUF Wants To Increase Domestic Sales Channels
Thai Union (TUF) is planning on increasing provincial sales channels by capitalizing on shared marketing and distribution between its subsidiary companies, ‘SEALECT tuna’ and ‘Fisho’, which...
Is Vietnam Switching Its US Business To The EU?
The Vietnamese tuna industry will have quite some difficulty reaching its export goals for 2014, following recent declines in global tuna exports, one of the nation’s main seafood products....
French President’s Visit To Cote d’Ivoire Confirms Stability
With Cote d’Ivoire being the first planned stop of the French President’s tour of Africa, any concerns over political stability, safety and security in the country can be calmed. Francois...
Fleet Owner Concerned Over ‘No Deal’ On US Tuna Treaty
The US tuna fleet has been left without admission to fish in the Pacific Ocean in 2015, following treaty negotiations between the Pacific Island Nations and the US on June 12th, which ended in...
Agropesca Del Peru Has Built New Plant For Tuna
Agropesca Del Peru has built a second plant in South Peru, in order to expand its current market into canned tuna and squid next year. So far ADP has only focused on exporting frozen products,...
Fiji Back-Flips On Interim EPA With EU
Fiji has gone back on its original decision and has said yes to an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) with the European Union. The island nation has always resisted the move and...
EU To Access Moroccan Waters Once Again
European vessels will begin to fish for tuna in Moroccan waters once again, following the ratification of a Fisheries Protocol. After a two year break of access to the African EEZ, certain...
Who Is Most Likely To Buy Bumble Bee? – What Did You Think?
It’s a sale that could mean a huge re-shuffle of the US canned tuna market, dominated by three major brands. Bumble Bee Foods has been put on the auction block by Lion Capital and it appears...
Will WCPO Catch Rocket Again After the FAD Ban?
It’s a common trend that the amount of tuna caught in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean escalates significantly following the three month annual FAD ban. While the regulations appear to...
US 2014 Imports On Way To 8-Year Low
En route to hitting even lower levels than last year, the US’s 2014 imports of canned tuna have so far shown no progress, and only further falls. Last year was branded a seven-year low for the...
Ecuador’s Catch Down 25% As El Nino Hits
Warmer water temperatures appear to be taking their toll on the catch of the Ecuadorian tuna fleet. According to the National Chamber of Fisheries, Ecuadorian tuna landings are down by as much...
Mexican Bluefin Catch Reaches IATTC Limit
The Mexican Pacific fleet has been ordered by the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA) to stop fishing bluefin for the remainder of the year, in order to stop the...
IATTC Urged To Take Measures On Pacific Bluefin
Environmental groups are stressing that IATTC members and cooperating non-members need to take urgent action to protect the Pacific bluefin tuna, including halving their catching limits on the...
Permex Faces Shortage Of Tuna Workers
Production of tuna in Zamboanga based canneries may be impacted by a recent shortage of labor. Edgar Lim, Manager of South Philippines’ biggest tuna processor, Permex, said that by this time...
Dead Bluefin Lands In UK
A dead 2.17m bluefin was found washed up on the coast of Cornwall, UK, by a group of kayakers on July 12th. The bluefin has been apprehended by the government-run Marine Management...
Asda Tuna Sourcing Info A Puzzle For Consumers
In 2011, Asda, alongside UK canned tuna giant, Princes, was ranked at the bottom of the Greenpeace tinned tuna sustainability league table for the UK market. Since, Asda has been pressured to...